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ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe +2 more
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Contingent Convertible Debt: The Impact on Equity Holders
Contingent Convertible (CoCo) is a hybrid debt issued by banks with a specific feature forcing its conversion to equity in the event of the bank’s financial distress.
Delphine Boursicot +2 more
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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Benefits and Costs of Debt: The Dose Makes the Poison [PDF]
Government debt has risen substantially in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) since the global financial crisis. The current environment of low global interest rates and weak growth may appear to mitigate concerns about elevated debt levels.
Kose, M. Ayhan +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines food price inflation rate convergence among EU27 Member States from 2005 to 2024, focusing on structural breaks, external shocks, and regional disparities. Using panel unit root tests and club convergence analysis, the findings reveal no overall convergence but identify multiple convergence clubs.
Tibor Bareith, Imre Fertő
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Firm Location and Corporate Debt [PDF]
This study examines the influence of a firm’s geographical location on corporate debt and provides evidence that the higher cost of collecting information on firms distant from urban areas has significant implications on a wide array of corporate debt ...
Arena, Matteo, Dewally, Michael
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AI in chemical engineering: From promise to practice
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) in chemical engineering has moved from promise to practice: physics‐aware (gray‐box) models are gaining traction, reinforcement learning complements model predictive control (MPC), and generative AI powers documentation, digitization, and safety workflows.
Jia Wei Chew +4 more
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Abstract Although peer support is central to the social model approach emphasized in sober living houses (SLHs), no longitudinal studies have examined helping among SLH residents. This longitudinal study examined benefits of helping in three contexts among SLH residents. Data were from 205 participants entering 28 SLHs across 2021–2023. Interviews were
Sarah E. Zemore +4 more
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Financial Reporting Quality on the Cost of Debt with Emphasis on the Role of Financial Constraints in Iran [PDF]
This study examines the relationship between financial reporting quality and the cost of debt in companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange, as well as the moderating role of financial constraints in this relationship.
Mohsen Imeni, Mozhdeh Parvizi
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Judicial efficiency, debt structure, and cost of debt
AbstractIn the framework of law and finance literature, this study investigates the link between judicial efficiency and financial debt cost in 1487 non‐financial firms across the euro zone from 2010 to 2021. Utilizing qualitative (rule of law) and quantitative (judicial proceeding length) indicators from the Worldwide Governance Indicators and Doing ...
Inmaculada Aguiar‐Díaz +2 more
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